Id disagree on that point.. I think particularly with fruity loops people are getting introduced to production/music etc step sequencing only (never actually playing drums) or keys... So an 8 bar loop to them is a set of little dots to select... Those dots dont mean anything in regards to the music to them so dropping a kick on the 3rd dot (just to see what it sounds like) isnt crazy...

I mean 808s have been hitting on the 2 and 4 now for years (ive gotten used to it) so it would make sense to start throwing kicks in whatever little dot is there and see what happens..

It would be dope if mike dean just went to rap a lot h town one time on the instrumentation and let travis do drums... Could be a killer new vibe